New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-21
PERSONAL.

There has long been popular impression TO tne
egect that Carter Harrison considers himself bigger
man than George Washington. This Will DC strehe'n
ened by the Chicagoans action relative to his iao"e
address. He intends to give 1t a publicity tnat inc
Father OF his Country did not Immediately secure for
his To this end he is sending copy Of it postage
prepaid, gratis to the Mayor OF every CITY oi iI
pouuation in the United States. Doubtless IL WIN
be read when " ashngton Is forgotten nob Doioro'
The funeral Of the late Bishop Lee was attended by
more colorcd people than before were seen at
white mans funeral in Delaware He was their LIFE
long friend.
The Rev. Henry Woods Perris is coming over to
represent British Unitarians at the Boston May
meetings. He Is highly esteemed as preacher iect-
and writer
judge Reynolds and family, Of brooklyn, left
san Francisco last week for Portland, Oregon.
Miss Alice Jordan has been admitted to practice at
the bar Of the Superior Court of Michigan She was
made LII. II. at falc last year.
The widow and OF the late James L. Clashorn
of Philadelphia have given to the School Of Design
for Women (of which Mrs ClaShorn was PRESIDENT
Thomas Buchanan Reals picture OF "The Spirit OF
tho Waterfall" illustrating passage In his wagner
Of the ADeshanes."
The late Bishop Lee, OF Delaware, spent most Of
his early life at Norwich Conn 1t Is related tha'
when he was studying law there, one OF his close
friends was tho late John I. Adams. (sir. Adam'
subsequently married sister of Bishop Lee who was
the mother Of Mrs. David A. WellsJ Mr. Adams was
studying for the ministry but that calling did noI
prove any more attractive To him than thc eBa
,,rofessiou proved TO Mr.. Lee Tney therefore eA'
changed books, and Lawyer Lee eventually became
Bishop Lee.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster, OF Iowa, is announced 10 DC
in failing health the result Of overwork For more
than a dozen vacatonless years she has been one o
the most conspicuous and successful leaders IN The
temperanco cause and her eloquent voice has pee
heard and her organizing hand felt in almost every
state and Territory She has also been the iesa
counsel Of the women's Christian Temperance Union VI
tho Nation These Iabors she has taken upon hcrsen
for love Of the cause In addition to her EXTENDED Ia"
urnctlco and her home and family duties. a. con l
senuenco her splendid health has been Impaired am
her doctors now order her TO 30 abroad or the sui
rncr and refrain entirely from work OF au hihus
Without making any public appeal purse has peer
made I'm by hcr Temperance friends to defay the Elk
n"nses OF her trip and she will sail for England mex
month.
Ex-Governor Pierce Ia the unanimous choice OF th'
Regents for the presidency Of the University OF Norl
Dakota.
The Hon. George Bancroft cshty-six years old aht
in vigorous health. says people are injured grea
deal more by eating too much than by taxing an eA.'
rlass OF wine at dinner. He said in Louisville the
other day that no previously visited that city
snce the timos OF Henry Clay ana had never sinos
then been in that part OF the South or seen I'M
Mississippi River